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стих нашел. Случайно, еще не перевел. To the Despised One To the Despised One O, foolish boy, you dare to say That you are a man but act this way Think not the secret thing is hid For I know well the things you did I gazed down form the ivory tower And beheld the scarlet rose’s bower And many faces hungered to drink From the drunk lips and eyes that wink I saw as you drew near the others You smote all friends, foes, and brothers And with their blood upon your brow You climbed the bower as you do now But then in the bower of the rose As you reached out and drew so close From your hands the blood was torn As you felt the bite of the rose’s thorn And fall you did from the rosy height And the ones you smote mocked your plight I saw as justice rewarded your lust And your name was lowered to the dust But, O foolish boy, you did not learn For in the secret you still did yearn And I saw your gaze most foul did fall Upon the rose and the new one so tall And when gone was he who took your place In secret you entered shaming his face And still more you stabbed some in the back And with words and deeds you did attack How I longed then to slap your face Upon mankind you are our highest disgrace For with calloused words you tore down all So that you may seem higher and not so small Oh little man, you went too far And I saw what you did in your war The tall one may have already left But your acts so vile were worse than theft For this rose you now climb to take Was not grown for your selfish sake But was planted with purpose and plan To belong someday to a real man The one who waits so silent but true With so much character that even of you He will not speak evil or bring reproof Enduring, persevering, seeming aloof But I am his friend and the rose’s brother I am the bower guard set by the mother And I have seen you slithering so near Come to steel what many hold so dear And now I tell you, oh vile and decrepit, Be you as subtle or cloying insipid I will throw you from this high recess And break body and soul into pieces O, foolish boy, you dare to say That you are a man but act this way The day is coming and is now near When truth will shine, your lies disappear как переведу, выложу. Добавить комментарий: |
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